Hay-rack



(No Model.)

W. R. GONLBY.

HAY RACK.

No. 279,343. Patented June 12.1883.

INVENTOR, 7 %l ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES: I

reference being had to the accompanying draw- WILLIAM R. OQNLEY, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

FAIRGROVE, MICHIGAN.

HAY-RAG K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,343, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed October 30, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. OoNLEY, of Fairgrove, in the county of Tuscola and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Backs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

ings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to portable hay and grain racks for wagon-boxes; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and efficient hay rack, one which may be placed in or displaced out of operation by a single man, and one which may be folded within small compass and be conveniently housed or packed.

To this end the invention consists in two frames or panels hinged or pivoted together, and provided with square-faced recesses which rest upon the box of the wagon, while stops secured to either of the panels above the pivotal point serve to rest upon the portions of the opposite panel below the said pivots to distribute the weight and give a firm, square bearing on the wagon-box. The front standard is removable, and the two panels are readily folded together, as will be shown.

The device is made of strong lumber; but its construction is such that when completed its weight will allow its ready handling. by a single person, and it may be folded and hung on pegs under sheltera desideratum in agriculturalpursuits.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention open and ready for use; and Fig. 2, a

similar view of the device folded.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent arms, which, in connection with longitudinal boards A A, form one of the panels; and B B represent similar arms, which, with the boards B B, form the opposite panel. These panels are pivoted, hinged, or movably connected together at c, and each of the arms A A and B B is provided with a bearing-shoulder, d, adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the wagon-box, while the feet of the several arms abut against the sides and bottom of the box. short stop, 6, secured to each of the said arms above the pivot or hinge, and these stops project downward, their lower ends resting upon the feet of the arms upon the opposite panel. These stops serve as fulcrums to equalize the load.

F represents the standard, the base of which operates in a recess or box, f, formed for its reception, and a cross-bar, f, serves to give itstrength and steadiness.

The operation of the device is obvious.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United'States, is

The herein-described folding hay-rack, con sisting of the arms A B, notched at d, the boards A B, secured to said arms to form two panels, hinged or pivoted together at c, the stops 6, fastened in contiguity to the notches d, and the removable standard F, having crossbar f, all constructed, arranged, combined, and operating in relation to a wagon-box, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aflixerl my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM R. CONLEY.

Witnesses:

N. M. RICHARDSON, J OHN F. WILMo'r.

From each of the arms A B extends a 

